Compliance Contracts

Compliance/Enforcement: Provides compliance and enforcement guidance, program management, and documentation regarding storage tank systems. Budgets and negotiates Local Government Compliance Verification Contracts.

Contracts Contact Information  

• Fletcher Herrald, Program Administrator, 850-245-8710
• Roger Ruiz, 850-245-8854

FIRST - Inspector DEP Business Portal
Tank Inspection Manual

2023 Storage Tank Inspector's Annual Meeting

The 2023 Annual Tank Inspectors Meeting was held on April 18-20, 2023 at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. 

Annual Meeting Agenda 

Storage Tank Inspector Training Workshop Presentations

• 2021 Tank Inspector Training Webinar Agenda
• Annual Operability and Integrity Testing 
• FIRST Routine Compliance Inspections
• Valves and Line Leak Detectors
• Hurricane Michael Presentation
• AST Installation Inspection Checklist
• AST Installation Pictures
• UST Installation Presentation (pending)
• Example - Jet-A Release 
• Fill-Rite Dispenser Pump - The only dispenser pump known to have the anti-siphon capability

Compliance Documents

• Task Management Processes
• Instructions for Conducting Sampling During Aboveground Storage Tank Closure, July 2019
• Instructions for Conducting Sampling During Underground Storage Tank Closure, July 2019
• Flowchart for County Compliance and Referrals - 90-day Referral Timeline
• Financial Responsibility - How to Review an Instrument (PowerPoint Presentation, updated April 2021)
• Guidelines for Characterizing Storage Tank Violations

Compliance Contractor Scope of Work Templates

• Attachment A - Level 1 Scope of Work
• Attachment B - Level 2 Scope of Work (Self-Enforcing Counties)

Compliance Contractor Guidance Documents

• Guidance Document A
  • Storage Tank System Program Violation List (PDF version including USTs and ASTs)
  • Storage Tank System Program Violation List for USTs (Excel version)
  • Storage Tank System Program Violation List for ASTs (Excel version)
• Guidance Document B - Florida Inspection Reporting for Storage Tanks (FIRST) Tank Inspections Manual
• Guidance Document C1 - Instructions for Conducting Sampling During Aboveground Storage Tank Closure
• Guidance Document C2 - Instructions for Conducting Sampling During Underground Storage Tank Closure
• Guidance Document D1 - Compliance Verification Program Local Program Review Form
• Guidance Document D2 - Contractual Review Form
• Guidance Document E - Contractual Services Invoice
• Guidance Document F - Level of Effort Guidance
• Guidance Document G - Guidelines for Case Referrals
• Guidance Document H - Contractual Service Payment Calculation
• Guidance Document H1 - Contractual Service Payment Calculation (Ethanol/Biodiesel inspections only)
• Guidance Document I - DEP Directive 923 Settlement Guidelines and Guidelines for Storage Tank Violations